New Delhi: A high-level meeting was convened on 03.07.2025 to review key issues impacting major infrastructure projects in Gujarat and Rajasthan, with a focus on resolving bottlenecks through the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) mechanism. A total of 22 issues related to 18 critical projects—collectively valued at over ₹36,296 crore—were taken up for discussion. Among the major initiatives discussed was the Transmission System Strengthening Scheme for evacuation of power from solar energy...Read More

New Delhi: The Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) met this evening under the Chairmanship of the Prime Minister. The CCS was briefed in detail on the terrorist attack on 22 April 2025 in Pahalgam, in which 25 Indians and one Nepali citizen were killed. A number of others sustained injuries. The CCS condemned the attack in the strongest terms and expressed its deepest condolences to the families of the victims and hoped for the early recovery of the injured. Strong expressions of support ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The PDEU - NSDC Centre of Excellence for Skill Development will be inaugurated at the PDEU Auditorium, Raisan, Gandhinagar, Gujarat on April 21st. The Chief Guest for the event will be Jayant Chaudhary, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge), Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship & Minister of State, Ministry of Education. This Centre of Excellence is a joint initiative by the National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Pandit Deendayal Energy Universit...Read More

Narmada district: External Affairs Minister Dr. S. Jaishankar on the first day of his two days visit to Narmada district in Central Gujarat inaugurated and performed ground breaking for various development projects. The Minister also monitored several ongoing development projects and reviewed their progress. Jaishankar being a Rajya Sabha member elected from Gujarat is given responsibility of Narmada district by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Narmada is identified as one of the aspirational ...Read More

Gandhinagar: The entire 119.50 km stretch of Porbandar-Bhanvad-Jam Jodhpur-Kalavad of National Highway-151K in Porbandar, Jamnagar and Devbhoomi Dwarka districts of Gujarat has been approved for upgradation to 2-lane with paved shoulder at a cost of Rs.1271.02 crore. Union Minister Nitin Gadkari made this announcement in his social media post. The project road starts from its junction with National Highway-51 near Porbandar and connects Bhanavad, Jam Jodhpur and terminates at its junction...Read More

New Delhi: Number of convictions and penalties of defaulting food operators for non-compliance in milk & milk products in the country has witnessed an over 13 fold rise in a span of  two years. According to the details provided by Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), the number of convictions and penalties on milk & milk product operators were at 552 in 2021-22, which increased to 6,953 cases in 2022-23 and further rose to 7,109 in 2023-24. Similarly, the number of ca...Read More

Jetalpur, Ahmedabad: Cab aggregator services Uber and Ola may have a new nationwide competitor in the near future. Cooperation Minister Amitbhai Shah today made an announcement indicating this. Speaking at a function to mark 100 years of the Ahmedabad District Cooperative (ADC) Bank, the Cooperation Minister said an organization for the management of taxis will be created nationally on a cooperative basis for drivers, similar to Ola and Uber. "A national cooperative taxi management sanstha will...Read More

New Delhi: “The global economy grew by 3.3 per cent in 2023. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) projects global growth to average around 3.2 per cent over the next five years, which is modest by historical standards”, says the Economic Survey 2024-25 tabled by Union Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, in the Parliament today.     As per the Survey, the global economy exhibited steady yet uneven growth across regions in 2024. A notable ...Read More

Gandhinagar: Anti Corruption Bureau (ACB) Gujarat's Director General and former Police Commissioner of Vadodara, Dr.  Shamsher Singh(IPS 1991 batch) will be on deputation to the Central government at soonest. He has been appointed as Additional Director Genral of India's Border Security Force (BSF) for a tenure upto the 31st of March 2026. With this, Gujarat will lose one more well-admired IPS officer to the Central government. DeshGujaratRead More

Surat: Navsari Lok Sabha MP and union minister CR Patil along with other local leaders of Surat and Vadodara Lok Sabha MP today held a meeting with union Civil Aviation Minister Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu and discussed several issues pertaining to the Surat airport. Patil stated - 'today an important meeting was held in Delhi with Union Civil Aviation Minister Shri Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu ji for the development of Surat Airport. In the meeting, discussions were held to make the airport more ...Read More